I got a notice from the electrical company that in February my connection fee would be increasing from $30 dollars a month to $45. Did not think much about it and when the bill arrived. I knew they had it figured out. Power is cheap in this area $.12 kW From Feb 2023 to Feb 2024, I doubled my battery and solar capacity. So I was happy to see that my usage dropped by 66%, exported 152kW to the grid (100% increase over 2023, but only worth $3 bucks, crappy net metering agreement). So after all of that my bill only dropped 2.3%. I never did this because i wanted to save money on my electric bill, but I now understand the electric company has found ways to keep my bill the same regardless of how much energy I generate.